This village stands in the shadows of the duskwoods that mark the southern edge of the Flooded Forest and the lands said to be claimed by the Mage Who Never Dies (see the entry on "The Mage's Tower" on page 154). Tavilar was once home to a merry adventuring band of pranksome, always-jesting female thieves and bards known as the Turning Key. The ladies of the Key met with disaster while adventuring on a far plane, and the few who survived retired to Waterdeep, Neverwinter, and Berdusk (respectively), never returning to Tavilar to the rambling old house where they'd been so happy together. The House of the Key, old and in need of constant repair even when they'd inhabited it, soon collapsed. Adventurers have picked through its wreckage many times but found only ruined finery and furniture, never treasure. Local lore insists that the Turning Key were a rich band indeed, and that a lot of treasure must lie somewhere nearby. None of the ladies is still alive today, but the last survivor, the elderly bard Satcheera "Silvereyes" Moonfist, once said, "Still haven't found our jewels? They must be looking in far too dry a place!" This has generally been interpreted to mean that the treasure of the Key lies somewhere underwater in the bogs of the Flooded Forest-but just where, in all those miles of dangerous desolation, none can say. "Near Tavilar" is a term that covers a lot of swamp!